Re: pg_hba.conf

"C. Bensend" <benny@bennyvision.com> writes:
>> I had setup my pg_hba.conf originally like this:
>> host   all     all     10.15.0.0       255.255.255.0   trust
>>
>> I was under the impression that the .0 was supposed to be equivalent to
>> a wildcard entry so that any connection from 10.15 would be able to
>> connect.  This was not so.  By changing my pg_hba.conf to this:

> Yes, when your subnet mask is set for a /24, that's correct.

To expand a bit: the correct way of letting in a /16 would be

host   all     all     10.15.0.0       255.255.0.0   trust

In recent PG releases (7.4.*, not sure about 7.3) you could also write

host   all     all     10.15.0.0/16   trust

            regards, tom lane